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Reducing the environmental impact of Government operations: Practical steps to cutting emissions.

Reducing the environmental impact of Government operations: Practical steps to cutting emissions. Al Blake, Director, Technology Improvement Unit (al.blake@environment.gov.au) Department of Environment, Heritage, Water and the Arts. What is sustainability?.

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Reducing the environmental impact of Government operations: Practical steps to cutting emissions.

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  1. Reducing the environmental impact of Government operations: Practical steps to cutting emissions. • Al Blake, Director, Technology Improvement Unit • (al.blake@environment.gov.au) • Department of Environment, Heritage, Water and the Arts

  2. What is sustainability? • “Sustainable development is that which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Brundtland Commission: 1987

  3. “ICT accounts for • approx 2% of global • CO2 emissions. • That’s equivalent to aviation” • - Gartner

  4. Do the easy stuff first! • Text to sit here • Bullets to sit here • HEADING TWO • Text to sit here • Bullets to sit here

  5. Keep equipment longer • It costs energy • to build a new one

  6. Impacts of Manufacture Impacts of usage Impacts of disposal

  7. Where is the greatest impact? 6% 0.3% 94% -1% Source: Lexmark

  8. Print duplex by default 75% printer impact is in usage Only 28% corporations default to duplex Source - Lexmark

  9. Use of Power Power costs are rising Power may not be available

  10. Switch • IT • OFF • every night

  11. Buy energy star equipment

  12. Disable screen savers • Turn power management • ON

  13. Measure • ICT power ‘Good’ PC – 80w Thin client – 6 – 20w CRT Monitors – 120w Server - 600w LCD monitor – 50w

  14. How green is your vendor • really? • Ask the hard • questions

  15. Where does your e-waste really go? • Should it go there?

  16. Green • the data Centre

  17. Case study Information

  18. DEWHA Computer load, 40.1% DEWHA Mechanical , 59.1% DEWHA Lighting, 0.8% Energy usage split

  19. Virtualise servers • Virtualisedesktops

  20. DEWHA Virtualisation • Virtual server farm: • 32 Virtual servers/4 physical (50 tonne C02/pa) • Improved redundancy/reduced provisioning time • Thin-client pilot: • Significant C02 reduction • Extended refresh period • Reduced embodied energy • Reduced transportation costs

  21. Thin Client – Proof of Concept

  22. Travel • Less • Video Conferencemore

  23. Develop a • Green IT • Policy

  24. Difficulty

  25. References • EZGPO tool • -http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=power_mgt.pr_power_management • AGIMO Best Practise Check-list • http://www.agimo.gov.au/practice/delivery/checklists/environmental_ict • Energy Efficiency in Government Operations • http://www.environment.gov.au/settlements/government/eego/index.html • EPEAT Environmental benefits report (2007) • http://www.epeat.net/Docs/EnvironmentalBenefits2007.pdf

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